Current Board Members

Jan Flowers, Chair of the Board

Jan Flowers is a Faculty member and Sr. Research Scientist in the School of Nursing at the University of Washington.  She has worked in technology her entire career – as a software engineer and innovator in corporate environments in her early years, delving into the field of health informatics over the past 2 decades. She holds degrees in Psychology, Bioethics and Medical History, and Health Law.  Her core focus is improved healthcare and increasing health equity through digital health solutions. At the University of Washington, she serves as Faculty Director of the Digital Initiatives Group, a global health informatics center focused on underserved and vulnerable populations, with projects based in the U.S. public health systems, and resource constrained health systems across Africa, Caribbean, Latin and South America, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Key areas of work is on design and implementation of patient centered technologies; national and facility-level eHealth architectures; legislation, policy, and regulation overseeing eHealth; and workforce building for long-term sustainability through open source communities and mentoring programs.  In her work over nearly two decades, she has directed numerous national-level OpenMRS implementations around the world.

As the leader of the Mozilla Project, Mitchell Baker is responsible for organizing and motivating a massive, worldwide collective of employees and volunteers who are breathing new life into the Internet with the Mozilla Firefox Web browser and other Mozilla products. Mitchell was born and raised in Berkeley, California, receiving her BA in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley and her JD from the Boalt Hall School of Law. Mitchell has been the general manager of the Mozilla project since 1999. She served as CEO of Mozilla until January 2008, when the organization's rapid growth encouraged her to split her responsibilities and add a CEO. Mitchell remains deeply engaged in developing product offerings that promote the mission of empowering individuals. She also guides the overall scope and direction of Mozilla's mission.

As Executive Chairwoman of Mozilla, Mitchell continues her commitment to an open, innovative Web and the infinite possibilities it presents. TIME Magazine profiled Mitchell under “Scientists and Thinkers” in its 2005 TIME 100. She has also appeared on “The Charlie Rose Show” and “CNN Global Office” to discuss open source software and the Firefox phenomenon. In 2009, Mitchell was honored as winner of the Anita Borg Institute's 2009 Women of Vision Award. In 2010 she was the recipient of the Aenne Burda Award for Creative Leadership and was honored as the recipient of Frost & Sullivan’s 2010 Growth, Innovation and Leadership Award. She is also a part of the Henry Ford Museum's Innovator Program.

Tom Oluoch is a health systems expert with a special interest in the strategic planning, design, implementation and evaluation of health information systems (HIS) in resource-limited settings. He has led large digital health projects in Kenya and provided technical assistance and consultancy services to over 10 countries in Africa. His health informatics work supports clinical care, program monitoring, disease surveillance and epidemiologic studies. He holds a PhD in medical informatics and has published several informatics and epidemiology papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Steven Wanyee Macharia, is a digital health specialist with over 20 years years experience designing, developing, implementing, supporting, maintaining and using digital health interventions in research for health (RCTs mainly) in research for health and and health service delivery in low and medium income countries. Born in Kenya and currently working out of Nairobi, Steven's work in digital health has seen him support direct service delivery as well as top level planning, management, strategy and policy functions in the health sector. His work has seen him directly work in and support more than 10 countries across Africa. Globally, Steven works with organisations including WHO, USAID, CDC, World Bank, GIZ, DFiD, and others supporting countries and providing digital health leaderships. He is active and serves in local, regional and global informatics initiatives including; Founder Secretary General of the Kenya Health Informatics Association (KeHIA); Secretary of the Health Informatics in Africa (HELINA); Member of the Health Data Collaboratives' Digital Health and Interoperability Working Group; Serves on several Ministry of Health Working Groups across Africa. Steven is a holder of a double Masters degree in software engineering and health informatics. He is currently a PhD student in Information systems focusing on Biomedical and Health Informatics with specific interests to utilise implementation science in improving the effectiveness of digital health implementation.

Samuel Lubwama has been elected to serve on the OpenMRS Community Board, bringing nearly a decade of experience in digital health development, implementation, and community contribution within the OpenMRS ecosystem.

Since 2016, Samuel has played an active role in advancing OpenMRS in Uganda through the development and support of digital health systems designed to strengthen healthcare delivery. A significant part of this work has focused on UgandaEMR, an OpenMRS distribution that has grown to more than 1,910 installations nationwide. Through this experience, Samuel has gained deep practical insight into the realities of implementing and sustaining OpenMRS in diverse healthcare settings.

Beyond technical contributions, Samuel is recognized for a strong commitment to community collaboration, inclusive engagement, and supporting contributors and implementers across the OpenMRS ecosystem. With a balanced perspective that combines technical expertise and real-world implementation experience, Samuel is passionate about ensuring that community voices continue to shape the future of OpenMRS.

As a member of the OpenMRS Community Board, Samuel looks forward to advocating for stronger community participation, continued innovation, and a more inclusive and community-centered future for OpenMRS worldwide.

Dr. Theresa Cullen

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Dr. Theresa Cullen, MD, MS, is the Pima County Health Director since 2020. She led the pandemic response for the county beginning in May 2020. She currently leads multiple departments in the Health Department, including epidemiology, informatics and analytics, community interactions, public health emergency response, consumer food safety and clinical services. Dr. Cullen retired from the U.S. Public Health Service in 2012 after 25 years of active duty before becoming the chief medical information officer for the Veterans Health Administration. Her professional career as a physician has included positions within the federal sector as well as academic institutions, spanning multiple interests with the common theme of improving health equity and helping diverse communities achieve health justice.

Open Seats

Currently, the OpenMRS Board of Directors has 2 seats available. If you're interested in fulfilling this role, please contact community@openmrs.org

Former Board Members

• William M. Tierney, M.D., Chair 2011-2017

• Joaquin Blaya, PhD, Community Member Seat 2011-2015

• Gibril Gomez

• Chris Bailey

• Antony Ojwang